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Don’t encourage them!
: AOL Journals (aka blogs) are off to a good start but I smell trouble with this promo on the Journals home page:
Make Spike a Star
You know your pooch is the best dog in America, heck on the planet! Don’t keep those cute photos and funny antics to yourself. Create a Web page for your dog and show him off to the world. It only takes a few minutes and he’ll love you for it.
No, no, not more dog blogs! What’s next? No, please, no: cat blogs…
I’d rather like to see more cat pictures on the net than grumpy old men blogging about blogs, journalism, rss and copyrights.
Some people need to “practice” first in order to work up the confidence to do a “real” blog.
I don’t know that I’d classify AOL Journals as getting off to a “good” start. Lots of room for improvement with them, IMO.
Horst: Jeff isn’t old, he’s PREMATURELY gray, dammit!